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Devastation as earthquake hits
Devastation
as earthquake hits ...
Thirty dockworkers reportedly
drown at Terminal Varreux
2010,
January 13: Reports just coming out of Haiti are that 30 dockworkers lost
their lives by drowning when a massive earthquake hit the Caribbean country
yesterday.
At the
time of the earthquake, the workers were offloading a ship, according to Richard
Lebrun of Terminal Varreux, in a message sent to the CSA from his Blackberry
device,
 His
message to the CSA, in which he acknowledged CSA President Carlos Urriola’s
immediate contact and pledge of support to the Haitian shipping community, said:
“Terminal Varreux lost most of the general cargo piers #3 and #4. At the time
of the quake we were unloading a vessel, we lost approx. 30 dock workers who
drowned. The situation is disastrous for the entire country. The days and
weeks will be challenging. We appreciate your support,” (signed) Richard
Lebrun, Terminal Varreux
Meanwhile, Martha Brannigan of the Miami Herald has reported that there was
significant damage to port infrastructure and that cranes at Port-au-Prince were
knocked into the sea.
These pictures are of the North pier
of the Port-au-Prince public wharves. It is the only pier authorized by the
national port authority (since 2007) to receive containers in PaP. Therefore
Haiti at the present cannot receive containers.
Photos courtesy of Crowley.
CSA pledges support to the people of Haiti
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